Ecological, topographic and successional patterns across wetlands in a rugged land uplift coast in Nyby, northern Finland

• Main Authors: Laitinen, Jarmo, Oksanen, Jari, Maliniemi, Tuija, Kaakinen, Eero, Aapala, Kaisu, Rehell, Sakari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2016
• Subjects: Gulf of Bothnia; vegetation survey; cluster analysis; aapa mires; mire site types; peatland forms; Nyby; Northern Finland
• Online Access: https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/51315

We studied 45 mid-boreal wetlands in a rugged land uplift coast with a thin cover of till. Wetlands ranged from 1 to 53 m a.s.l. and were of highly various sizes. Our aims were to examine, if vegetation types are valid in comparing wetlands, what kind of ecological major pattern the vegetation type...